Andrea Leadsom

Andrea Leadsom (13 May 1963-) was the Conservative Party MP for South Northamptonshire from 6 May 2010.

Biography
Andrea Salmon was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England in 1963, and she worked as an Institutional Bankig Director at Barclays before working for Invesco Perpetual. Leadsom was elected to Parliament in 2010 as the Conservative Party MP for South Northamptonshire, and she supported Brexit in 2016. She came second to Theresa May in the leadership contest which followed David Cameron's resignation in response to the Brexit referendum, and she served as Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs in May's first cabinet. She became Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council in 2017, but she resigned on 22 May 2019 due to her strong opposition to May's handling of Brexit.